How to Use Nose Clips for Swimming (Video)

A swimmer has to exhale when their face is down in the water and inhale when it's time to breathe. Get tips on how to use nose clips for swimming with help from a P90X certified trainer and INSANITY certified group instructor in this free video clip.

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I'm Tiffany Anderson. How to use a nose clip when learning to swim. When learning to swim breathing is an essential skill. A swimmer has to exhale when their face is down in the water and inhale when it's time to breathe. But young or new swimmers will often inhale water right up into their nostrils and this is a very awful stinging feeling. To help a new or young swimmer, go ahead and buy nose clips and place them on top of the nose. This will help new and young swimmers learn how to breathe through their mouth and not through their nose at the beginning. Nose clips are also useful when learning how to do a flip turn. When doing a flip turn one has to tuck their legs and their head and actually rotate right around their body. It's common for someone to start to breathe in their mouth and their nose when flip turning, when actually you need to exhale out your mouth and nose. So to help, these nose clips will help with breathing during the flip turn.